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[ GLSA 200803-16 ] MPlayer: Multiple buffer overflows



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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200803-16
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: MPlayer: Multiple buffer overflows
      Date: March 10, 2008
      Bugs: #208566
        ID: 200803-16

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Synopsis
========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MPlayer, possibly
allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background
==========

MPlayer is a media player incuding support for a wide range of audio
and video formats.

Affected packages
=================

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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  media-video/mplayer     < 1.0_rc2_p25993        >= 1.0_rc2_p25993

Description
===========

The following errors have been discovered in MPlayer:

* Felipe Manzano and Anibal Sacco (Core Security Technologies)
  reported an array indexing error in the file libmpdemux/demux_mov.c
  when parsing MOV file headers (CVE-2008-0485).

* Damian Frizza and Alfredo Ortega (Core Security Technologies)
  reported a boundary error in the file libmpdemux/demux_audio.c when
  parsing FLAC comments (CVE-2008-0486).

* Adam Bozanich (Mu Security) reported boundary errors in the
  cddb_parse_matches_list() and cddb_query_parse() functions in the
  file stream_cddb.c when parsing CDDB album titles (CVE-2008-0629) and
  in the url_scape_string() function in the file stream/url.c when
  parsing URLS (CVE-2008-0630).

Impact
======

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file,
possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user running MPlayer.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0_rc2_p25993"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2008-0485
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0485
  [ 2 ] CVE-2008-0486
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0486
  [ 3 ] CVE-2008-0629
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0629
  [ 4 ] CVE-2008-0630
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0630

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-16.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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